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Synonyms for agonize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ag-uh-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæg əˌnaɪz

Top 10 synonyms for agonize
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Définition of agonize

Origin :
  • 1580s, "to torture," from Middle French agoniser or directly from Medieval Latin agonizare, from Greek agonizesthai "to contend in the struggle" (see agony). Intransitive sense of "to suffer physical pain" is recorded from 1660s. That of "to worry intensely" is from 1853. Related: Agonized; agonizing.
  • verb suffer or cause another to suffer
Example sentences :
  • I might agonize in words for a day and I should not express the delight.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • May we know a little better what it is to agonize in prayer.
  • Extract from : « The Assembly of God » by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh
  • And this seething life, the turmoil and the noises of the city, agonize me.
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • Some must agonize and spend their strength unavailingly, like birds beating their wings against the bars of a cage for freedom.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the East » by E. M. Hull
  • Never again shall he agonize in Gethsemane, and sweat great drops of blood.
  • Extract from : « Sermons of Christmas Evans » by Joseph Cross
  • Too far gone to agonize in prayer, I could only quietly, almost mutely, just tell him how the poor child had no clothes.
  • Extract from : « How I Know God Answers Prayer » by Rosalind Goforth
  • The great souls come and go and agonize and cry in the wilderness, and the little souls determine what shall be.
  • Extract from : « Under the Law » by Edwina Stanton Babcock
  • To that extent we, as much as he, are to blame for his crime and we must never cease to agonize for him and for such as he.
  • Extract from : « Under the Law » by Edwina Stanton Babcock
  • For the second time she braced herself to endure the strain—to wait—to agonize with expectation.
  • Extract from : « The Pursuit » by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
  • Never again shall He agonize in Gethsemane, and sweat great drops of blood.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Evans » by Paxton Hood

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